Open AccessEndoscopic third ventriculostomy for hydrocephalus in a patient with Klippel–Feil syndrome: a case report
Author(s) -
Ishida Tomohisa,
Inoue Takashi,
Fujimura Miki,
Shimoda Yoshiteru,
Ezura Masayuki,
Uenohara Hiroshi,
Tominaga Teiji
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
clinical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2050-0904
DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.1063
Subject(s) - medicine , hydrocephalus , klippel–feil syndrome , endoscopic third ventriculostomy , ventriculostomy , surgery , cerebrospinal fluid
Key Clinical Message A patient with Klippel–Feil syndrome presented with hydrocephalus secondary to intraventricular hemorrhage. Fusion of the cervical vertebrae may have impeded cerebrospinal fluid flow. Change in the properties of cerebrospinal fluid flow after hemorrhage may have induced noncommunicating hydrocephalus. Endoscopic third ventriculostomy was effective for the treatment of hydrocephalus associated with Klippel–Feil syndrome.